1822 Nov 1

Judicial Establishmt

Lawbooks authoritative

Malthhab is the general name given to a sort of Sect among the Lawyers. There are four of these Malthhabs.

1. Hanafi was born at Koufa in the neighbourhood of Bashra. Name of the principal work according to the sect is Moklasar ai Khanz. Author Mahmond Anaflessy.

2. Shafi born at Cairo.

3. Mahki, born at Meddina Name of the principal work, Mokiassar. Authors name Khabel al Sendy. These two are the two texts that form the most accredited grounds of judicial decision. Each of them has a multitude of Commentators.

4. Hanbali: born © not recollected where

At Tripoli only the 1st and third possess authority: the two others have authority in Arabia [...?] and the neighbourhood.

When it is for the entering into a Contract that the parties have need of the assistance of a Notary, of course they go together: when it is for making a complaint Complainants are received singly or in numbers

Any man may at any time go before a pair of Notaries and make his deposition stating any matters of fact or events, at his pleasure, important or trivial: the Notaries make no difficulty in receiving them.

Kdlaya translation occupies 4 Vols 4¼t¼o © has he ever heard of it. It is the standard of Mahometan law in Hindostan and Persia.